Xmen First Class
This is easily one of the best movies I've seen all year, despite it's continuity holes.
Pros:
1.) The Actors: The acting is phenomenal. Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy alone carry this film; their interactions allow the audience to genuinely feel that they are the best of friends even though they only interact for a few months at most. Magneto's obsession with taking down Sebastian shaw (the monster who took his mother away from him) was compelling and we could easily understand why Magneto wanted to take him down. His fall into darkness is also compelling and there is a tragic irony in Magneto getting so consumed by his hatred that he becomes little better than the nazi who took his mother away. I was actually thinking "no no no Erik what are you thinking" when Magneto announced that he agreed with Shaw's philosphy. Even then I could understand him; he risked his life to try and save humanity, and they repaid him by trying to blow him and his friends up. Come to think of it anything fassbender does is fucking awesome.
2.) Magneto kicking the asses of the Nazis in the bar scene. PURE FUCKING WIN!!!!
3.) Even when you knew something would happen it was still affecting. Angel's turn to the Hellfire club was something I saw coming (okay I read about it on wikipedia but I wasn't sure if it was accurate) and I still wanted to fucking strangle her when she left her friends to join the Nazi SOB Big Bad.
4.) Darwin's death was genuinely moving. When I sat in the theater I was hoping that he wouldn't die. While most blacks are killed for canon fodder (an annoying trope) this time it serves a purpose; it shows the other students that this is not a game and that the threat is real. Darwin also dies in an act of bravery which had actual meaning. Which Made Angel's sipping Champagne with Kevin Bacon (the guy who murdered Darwin) more irritating and increasing my contempt for her. god I hated the bitch so very much.
5.) Shaw's Karmic Death: VERY WELL DESERVED!!!! It was what made Magneto's Face Heel turn more bearable since Shaw is easily the worst monster in the series (outclassing stryker, the guy who LOBOTOMIZED HIS OWN SON!!!!)
6.) Mystique and Xavier's relationship: Very intriguing idea and well done.
7.) Xavier's getting crippled. When It happened I literally stared in shock at the screen. I thought It wasn't going to happen until the sequal but damn. The tragic irony is that it comes at the hands not of his foes but the very individuals he loves the most.
8.) Hugh Jackman's cameo.
9.) The opening with the lab scene. That was easily what got the attention of everyone in the theater.
Cons:
1.) The continuity holes are jarring
2.) It got a little slow in the middle
3.) Mystique turned a little too quickly and finally her romance with Beast felt wasted
Still it's a great film and one I reccomend whole heartedly.
Pros:
1.) The Actors: The acting is phenomenal. Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy alone carry this film; their interactions allow the audience to genuinely feel that they are the best of friends even though they only interact for a few months at most. Magneto's obsession with taking down Sebastian shaw (the monster who took his mother away from him) was compelling and we could easily understand why Magneto wanted to take him down. His fall into darkness is also compelling and there is a tragic irony in Magneto getting so consumed by his hatred that he becomes little better than the nazi who took his mother away. I was actually thinking "no no no Erik what are you thinking" when Magneto announced that he agreed with Shaw's philosphy. Even then I could understand him; he risked his life to try and save humanity, and they repaid him by trying to blow him and his friends up. Come to think of it anything fassbender does is fucking awesome.
2.) Magneto kicking the asses of the Nazis in the bar scene. PURE FUCKING WIN!!!!
3.) Even when you knew something would happen it was still affecting. Angel's turn to the Hellfire club was something I saw coming (okay I read about it on wikipedia but I wasn't sure if it was accurate) and I still wanted to fucking strangle her when she left her friends to join the Nazi SOB Big Bad.
4.) Darwin's death was genuinely moving. When I sat in the theater I was hoping that he wouldn't die. While most blacks are killed for canon fodder (an annoying trope) this time it serves a purpose; it shows the other students that this is not a game and that the threat is real. Darwin also dies in an act of bravery which had actual meaning. Which Made Angel's sipping Champagne with Kevin Bacon (the guy who murdered Darwin) more irritating and increasing my contempt for her. god I hated the bitch so very much.
5.) Shaw's Karmic Death: VERY WELL DESERVED!!!! It was what made Magneto's Face Heel turn more bearable since Shaw is easily the worst monster in the series (outclassing stryker, the guy who LOBOTOMIZED HIS OWN SON!!!!)
6.) Mystique and Xavier's relationship: Very intriguing idea and well done.
7.) Xavier's getting crippled. When It happened I literally stared in shock at the screen. I thought It wasn't going to happen until the sequal but damn. The tragic irony is that it comes at the hands not of his foes but the very individuals he loves the most.
8.) Hugh Jackman's cameo.
9.) The opening with the lab scene. That was easily what got the attention of everyone in the theater.
Cons:
1.) The continuity holes are jarring
2.) It got a little slow in the middle
3.) Mystique turned a little too quickly and finally her romance with Beast felt wasted
Still it's a great film and one I reccomend whole heartedly.